April 28, 2012

Hello To All,

This is our first message after the terrible flood of 2012.

We fully intend to move forward with the Scholarship Fund development, but only after a time out that will give our little town an opportunity to dry out and recover. In the fall of this year we will be making a special effort to contact former students of SVRHS and Perth High School to further spread the word about the Scholarship Fund plans. Stay tuned for that!!

The Class of '64 Scholarship Fund has grown to $2,300.00. We know of a couple more pledges that have yet to come in, so it looks like we will meet our personal goal. Thanks to all.

Reminder: Please send me your new email address if it changes for any reason as we want to keep everyone up-to-date.

Talk again soon............Jerry

March 20, 2012

Fellow Graduates of Southern Victoria Regional High School:

The Class of 1964 is currently in the process of creating a Scholarship Fund for the benefit of the future graduates of our community of Perth-Andover and the current catchment area.

We will be setting up and implementing the new Fund in co-operation with the school in the Spring of 2012. Please visit us at this site often to keep informed on the current status of the program.

Here is your chance to give something back to your school and community. Please contact us if you require additional information.

In a nutshell we are seeking classmates of each of the graduated classes from the beginning in the early 1950's to present day Class of 2012. Ideally we want 1-2 classmates of each class who will help us get in touch with their class members and spread the word that we are in the process of doing a fund raiser. If you would like to play a role in this endeavour, please contact me asap with thanks.

Jerry Smyth
Class of '64

February 29, 2012

Hi Classmates:

I hope that your weather for this winter is as tame as ours in Eastern Passage, N.S. We've had little or no snow here and seem to miss every storm.......just the opposite of Perth-Andover.

Sandra and I plan to once again meet in the early spring and at that time we hope to have some news on the Scholarship Fund. We are presently waiting for the school to bring us up-to-date on their activities.

Hope that you are all well.

Sandra & Jerry

October 8, 2011

 I can relate. Can you?

IF MY BODY WERE A CAR...  

If my body were a car, this is the time I would be thinking about trading it in for a newer model. I've got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish and my paint job is getting a little dull ......
But that's not the worst of it.
My headlights are out of focus and it's especially hard to see things up close 

My traction is not as graceful as it once was. I slip and slide and skid and bump into things even in the best of weather.  

My whitewalls are stained with varicose veins. 

It takes me hours to reach my maximum speed. My fuel rate burns inefficiently.  
But here's the worst of it --  

Almost every time I sneeze, cough or sputter either my radiator leaks or my exhaust backfires!

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Childbirth at 65

Too good not to pass on, Enjoy !!!

With all the new technology regarding fertility recently, a 65-year-old friend of mine was able to give birth. When she was discharged from the hospital and went home, I went to visit.

'May I see the new baby?' I asked

'Not yet,' She said 'I'll make coffee and we can visit for a while first.'

Thirty minutes had passed, and I asked, 'May I see the new baby now?'

'No, not yet,' She said.

After another few minutes had elapsed,

I asked again, 'May I see the baby now?'

'No, not yet,' replied my friend.

Growing very impatient, I asked, 'Well, when can I see the baby?'

'WHEN HE CRIES!' she told me.

'WHEN HE CRIES?' I demanded. 'Why do I have to wait until he CRIES?'

'BECAUSE I FORGOT WHERE I PUT HIM, O.K.?!!
 

 Have a great Thanksgiving!!

Sandra & Jerry

 

September 15, 2011

UPDATE ON MY EMAIL ADDRESS:

If you missed my message announcing my new email, here it is once again:

jerrysmyth2011@gmail.com

Yup, I got hacked.......hense the need for a fresh email address. Hope this doesn't ever happen to you!! 

September 1, 2011

Hi Folks,

Hope that you are all well and enjoying your summer!

We only managed to make a quick overnight trip to Perth-Andover earlier in August this year. Health issues shortened our stay unfortunately, so we missed a planned walk about at the Market on Saturday. My apologies to Charlene and anyone else who tried to hook up with us.

I noticed that we have to date had 5,458 hits on our web site. Considering that we are not registered with any of the major search engines such as Google etc., I think the hit number is quite impressive.

Now that Sherry & I have made our move to Eastern Passage, we plan to get together with Sandra soon to update our tentative plans for the BIG Class Of '64 Golden Anniversary in just 2 years & 11 months!

Talk again in October........................

Sandra & Jerry

June 21, 2011

Hi Classmates,

Sandra and I finally managed to meet a few days ago on June 9th. We had a very interesting conversation mostly about our tentative plans for the 50th Anniversary.

We will send out a summary of our suggested plans once we've heard back from the remainder of the Planning Committee, namely Betty and Charlene.

We now have $1,900.00 in the Scholarship Fund for 2014. Feel free to make your contribution soon, if it's convenient. The final deadline for contributions is still some distance away.

Sherry & I will be visiting Perth-Andover between July 14 (Thursday) and Saturday, July 16th. Hope to see some of you at the Farmer's Market on Saturday morning!

May you all have a great summer!

Sandra & Jerry
 

May 24, 2011

Hi Folks,

Sandra and I will be meeting soon we hope to simply discuss a few possibilities for our BIG Reunion in 2014.

The balance of the account holding our scholarship funds remains at $1,800.00 to date. We have 6 classmates who have made pledges in addition to the $1,800.00. We are also hopeful that other 1964 Classmates will decide to joins us in building this worthwhile fund for the students of SVHS in 2014!

I'll be back here for another full update come September and once again hope that you will have a wonderful summer. Please don't hesitate to contact me or Sandra should you have any ideas for the next reunion or questions regarding any issue. 

Sandra & Jerry
Co-ordinators  

April 10, 2011

Hi Classmates,

Sandra & I are still trying to get together for a general update. We'll make it soon I'm sure.
We have not received any ideas or thoughts from any of the classmates as yet in regards to an agenda for our 50th Anniversary. Please drop us an email should you come up with any ideas over the next while. It would be much appreciated!
Have a great Spring & Summer folks!

March 3, 2011

Hi Classmates:

Sandra & I plan to meet sometime next week. We will bring one another up-to-date on events that had taken place since last summer.

We also will draft an agenda for the 2014 50th Reunion on August 1st. While we still have a considerable amount of time remaining before 2014, it's a fact that the early bird usually catches the worm. To that end we hope that you will send us your thoughts on the 50th Anniversary at your earliest convenience!

We hope you are all well. Please take care of yourselves!

We could use some pics from '64 that are just lying around somewhere amongst your treasures. Please take a look soon and send them to me for distribution and posting on our web site with mucho thanks!
 
Hope the winter hasn't been too hard on you to date. Hang in there and keep warm by thinking of our 50th Anniversary coming in just over 3 more years.
 
One final word on the Scholarship Fund. We have $1,800 in the bank and another $700 pledged to date. We hope that more of you will help us with this worthy cause and chip in soon. All amounts are welcome and most apprciated. Thanks again!

View new pics under the heading "Photos by Classmates".
 
I'll be in touch again soon, either on the website or via email.